There’s no shortcut to freedom.
   No, there’s not.

Freedom is a constant struggle.
   Yes it is.

But Freedom,
the centuries-long fight
all over the world
for justice and liberation
is also life and love and hope,
day after day after day.

It’s what we,
what human,
truly human societies
strive for
no matter what
the obstacles, the pain,
and temporary setbacks.

This morning, August 28, 2026,
on a Black-owned bus
full of freedom fighters,
on the way to DC
on the 63^rd anniversary
of the historic
freedom march of 1963,
held during a time of
mass, Black-led uprisings
for freedom and equal rights
and a truly new
and truly human society:

We keep hope alive
and rededicate ourselves
to keep at it
until we win.